pictures from this past weekend

soo its been a while...

it's been a hot minute since I have updated so I thought I'd update you guys on a few things...last Saturday we took the youth to Clemmons Village Assisted Living to pass out Valentine day cards, some of the children were like ehh about it but when they all got there they ended up loving talking to the elderly and seeing them smile so big when they handed them a card. it was awesome and will definitely be going back regularly so that we can just put a smile on their face:)...its worth it!

Last Sunday started our week long revival with the Encounter team...it has been amazing to say the LEAST! They are an awesome group of young adults that travel around the year to churches and sing, sign, perform skits and many other things! They are an awesome awesome group of people and their ministry for the Lord is incredible!

Tonight Emily & I will be taking up 8 st youth to True Love Waits rally. I pray that God gives all the teens a TOUCH from Him that we all need and especially the teenagers and give them the strength they need to make the RIGHT choices in their lives. I pray that we all get blessed by HIM this weekend!

some pictures...

a need:

Hey friends! I have a few things that I am in need of so I thought I would post a blog to spread the word...
In the Jr. Youth I let the children earn coins for things like verse memorization, bringing their Bibles and a friend. In return for earning these coins I am going to have a "store" (rubbermaid containers) priced at 1 coin, 2 coins and 4 coins...depending on the toy/trinket/candy price(coins) they can turn their coins in for a prize. This is an incentive to keep the children learning new verses and doing things to help them grow in the Lord.
I want you all to encourage your children to learn their verses and bring their Bibles and to always invite friends!!

So if you can donate any lil toys, gadgets anything a child from 7-12 years old would like to earn that would be AWESOME!

I found some really cool things for boys and girls in the dollar section of ACMoore yesterday and some things from the Dollar Tree today.

Thank you for anything that you can donate/buy!

LOVE. reminders:

Tomorrow is winterjam, with the weather I am not sure if we will all be going. Susan will call everyone and let everyone know.

NEXT WEDNESDAY: VALENTINES DAY party for BOTH youth groups! So parents of older ones if you would like to bring something in for them you can! Jay and I will be bringing cupcakes/cookies for the older ones...
younger ones will have their own party in the Youth room! We have a sign up sheet, if you didn't sign up for anything you can bring anything if you'd like. we are having cupcakes/cookies, chips, pickles, juice and tons of candy! Beware of the sugar your children will be sent home with haha.

DON'T FORGET!!! To send valentines in for your children's frineds in youth, we made boxes so that your child can deliver them to their friends!:)

I am busy making treat bags today so just wanted to send this reminder out!